 Governors of the Southeast region have lamented the rising levels of insecurity in the region and are planning a joint highways patrol as part of moves to combat the trend. This was part of their resolution after a meeting in Enigo State on Sunday. The governors called on the federal government to come to their aid in providing security in the zone, bearing in mind that elections are around the corner. They have also agreed to set up a 24-hour joint patrol on all major highways within the Southeast, especially during the Christmas season. The governors distanced themselves from the Eastern Security Network, thus the ESN, reiterating that they only jointly formed a bubago and the forest guards and not the ESN. The major reason for our meeting is the issue of security within the region. As the Southeast governors decried the state of insecurity in the region, you are in a way that our economic activities have come to a halt while kidnapping and wanton killing have become the order of the day. Southeast governors therefore call on the federal government to come to the aid of the people of Southeast in beefing up security in the zone, bearing in mind that elections are also around the corner and there is heightened activities within this period. Meanwhile, we deliberated on the best way to help our people and also restore their confidence to go about their businesses. And we all agreed, definitely and totally, to start a joint security patrol in all our major highways in Southeast. And this we commenced before December 1st. On the issue of flooding, we commend the states and the federal government on their efforts to alleviate the surface of the victims of the recent flood menace in the country. We hope, however, that why the immediate solution is being given by the federal government. We hope that long-term solution will be discussed, because that is what is most desirable, knowing where that this has become an unknowing thing. And with the climate change, nobody knows what the next year will be like. So this would be a common project to show synergy and show sympathy to all our brothers and sisters who have suffered so much as a result of this unfortunate situation. We also plead with the federal government to please initiate action in the region of rivers in the Southeast to ameliorate the destruction of houses, farmlands, and properties. Southeast Governors has noted the purported statement that it was the Southeast Governors that formed ESL. Everyone knows that what we formed is a bubago and a forest guard. Finally, Southeast Governors are watching with keen interest. The development will respect the case of Namdekalo. These are the correlates. However, we believe that the political solution is still very much possible in the circumstance. And so we ask the federal government that we are disposed as a people for a political solution in this regard.